Trace-buckle



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TRACE BUCKLE.

No. 303,112. Patente@ Aug. 5, V188.41.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

WARREN H. BOLES, OF FORT PLAIN, NEW7 YORK.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part4 of Letters Patent No. 303,112, dated August5, 1884.

I. Y Application led December 26, 1882. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WARREN H. BoLEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Plain, in the county of Montgomery and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TraceBuckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is in the nature of improvements in buckles forharness-traces and the like 5 and the improvement consists in securingthe buckle to its holding leather-21s, for example, the harne-tugby ametal tube inserted in a loop in said leather and a transverse screw,whereby the broken parts or the entire buckle may be removed or renewedwithout ripping the sewing of theleather, and'also in the constructionand arrangement of the tongue, whereby the trace may be unbuckledwithout any of the violent effort heretofore necessary in loosening thetongue or holding-member; also, in the combination,witl1 the frame ofthe buckle and the tongue, of a stay-bar in the frame, which aids intaking the burden and strain ot' the tongue, and also in a buckle,constructed as above described, provided with a my buckle detached andin reverse position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, on line m x of Fig. 8, cf thebucklein. position on the harness. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section onthe line y y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 represents a horse provided withharness containing my improvements.

In the example shown the haine-tug a is turned back upon itself to forma loop to receive the buckle; but instead of sewing the buckle to theleathervin this loop in the formation of said loop I place in said loopa metal tube, h, and secure the buckle by a screw-bolt,

fi, passed through its attaching end and the metal tube in such mannerthat the screw may be removed at pleasure for the renewal of broken,parts or the securing a new buckle. The provision of the tube h permitsthe buckle to .move easily, and obviates the binding so objectionable intrace-buckles as heretofore constructed. g

My buckle has a frame, A, provided with Y Veyes j 7' at its attachingend to receive -the screw-bolt z.

The tongue, bail, or lever B straddles the ends of the frame A, and isprovided likewise with eyes k 7c, through which the screw-bolt ispassed, and one of said eyes is screw-threaded to act as the nut intowhich the screw-bolt is screwed and by which it is held in place. Thebail B has a stout crosspiece, Z, from which projects at right angles,or thereabout, the lug or tongue m, formed therewith. The frame A isprovided with a cross or stay bar, f,which serves to brace it, and alsoto relieve the strain upon the bail B when in use, thelug m of said bailabutting against it.

'Ihe frame A of my buckle is curved upwardl y somewhat as an S from itsattaching end, and terminates at the rear in a loop, c, separated from'the body of lthe frame by the cross-bar n. This loop c stands up fromthe frame A at nearly a right angle to the leather, as indicated in Fig.2, and its purpose is to guide the long side strap or holdback, c',(shown in Fig. 4,) which is now usually found in heavy-draft harness,and which runs from the breeching-ring either to asmall whiiietrce onthe neck-yoke or to the long neck-yoke itself. By passing the long sidestrap or holdback through this loop c it is held in proper not, however,deprive one from using a short holdback strap, which might beadvantageously employed for drawing light loads, and which might runfrom said loop to the breeching-ring. The loop e is for the fastening ofthe backstrap, and, as before said, loop d receives the belly-band.

b is the trace, and said trace by my construction of buckle passesthrough the buckle in a straight line, consequently can be easilyhandled without cramping and over exertion. The tongue in my bucklebeing a rigid mernber affixed to a swinging bail, and entering thetraceV at a right angle thereto, securelyholds the trace with the pullin a right line, and hence there is no driving or hammering to removethe tongue from the trace, which has heretofore been necessary with thewedgeprinciple buckles used. My tongue is simply and easily lifted outof the trace-hole to release the trace.

With my buckle the trace never has to be taken from the loops on thehaine-tug to shift it, but the tongue being raised, said trace is pulledin asti-aight line through the loops till the right hole comes next thetongue.

My buckle can be applied to single as well as double harness. l In usingit for single harness `or light doubleharness the loops c d c will bedispensed with, and in some instances the loop c only will be dispensedwith.

l. A buckle provided with a frame having fastening-eyes, a tongue-bailalso having fastening-eyes, a screw-bolt passed through said eyes, and atube to be secured `Within a loop of the-articleto which the buckle isto be applied, through which tube the screw-bolt also passes,substantially as shown and described.

2. rlhe frame A, having the eyesj, and the' bail B, having eyes k andtongue m, combined with the screw-bolt v3 and tube 71 substantially asshown and described.

3... The frameA, having the eyes j and staybar f, combined with thepivotal bail B, having the eyes 7c and cross-bar Z, provided with tongueor lug m, constructed and arranged, substantially as described,to admitof the passage of the trace through the buckle and the securing thereofin said buckle in a straight line.

4. Abuckle composed of a frame having end and side loops, a tonguestay-bar, a tongue formed upon a pivoted bail, and a screw-bolt and tubeto secure the frame and bail in posiu tion, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. The combination, With the bail having the tongue m, the frame havingthe cross-bars f and n, and the bolt i, for Asecuring the bail and frametogether to permit the passage and securing of the trace in a straightline, of the loop c at the rear end and standing up from the plane ofthe frame, vand of substantially the width thereof, as shown anddescribed, to permit the running of the holdback or long side strap in astraight or right line through the buckle from the breeching-ring to theneckyoke, as set forth.'

6. The combinatiomwith the buckle and the loop c at the rear end of itsframe standing up th erefrom, and of substantially the Width there-v of,of the holdback -strap, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereoflhave hereunto set my hand this 22d day of December,A. D. 1882.

VARREN H. BOLES.

XVitnesses:

NnLsoN H. ANIBAL. HARVEY E. CRoMWnLL.

